It’s no secret that the Cleveland Cavaliers have been shopping second-year shooting guard Dion Waiters, and the latest update, according to two sources who spoke with Bleacher Report, is that the Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers have emerged as the top two suitors. And both are realistic destinations based on trade assets and financial complements.

According to a source close to Waiters, he “wants out” of Cleveland and “prefers to go to Philly because he thinks he’d be the best player on the team. That’s his mindset.”

Remember this over the next couple months as trade rumors run wild: Most published trade rumors come from agents. Said agents aren’t going to leak things to the media for fun — they have an agenda. Get their client more money, get him to a spot he wants to be, ideally both.

Waiters in a backcourt with Michael Carter-Williams doesn’t make the Sixers better, but that’s not the short-term goal in Philly. Do the Sixers want to see how a guy who can’t get along with Kyrie Irving gets along with their new star rookie? That said, Waiters is more affordable than Turner. Right now the Bulls will take a guy who can handle the ball and shoot.

I wouldn’t expect this Turner/Waiters swap to go down (is that really a smart move for Cleveland?), but clearly both of these guys are going to show up in a lot of trade rumors in the next couple of months. Just think about who would benefit from the rumor being leaked.

So? Kyrie and Waiters are teammmates now. and they don’t get along. Waiters thinks he’s better than MCW by his statements about his desire to go there and “be the best player on the team”. That’s a pretty bad chemistry start.

I’m sure what the Cavs want to do is trade away the guy that has shown he cares the most on the court this year. Especially, after constantly working to kill rumors two weeks ago. Also, the basketball analysis in that article is just awful. Not to mention it is bleacher report… not really known for credibility.

Trade Turner to OKC for Jeremy Lamb or try your hardest to squeeze a 1st rounder out of any team desperate for scoring. I’m not sold on Waiters by any means. I would definitely move him before the deadline or else the Sixers might get trapped in NBA purgatory offering another Iggy-like contract. I can’t see Sam Hinkie being that foolish though.

I don’t know a lot about waiters game, but I always took it to be that he was a volume scorer. I just don’t see how that helps either the bulls or the Sixers. Specifically with the Sixers, I think that bringing on a volume scorer can only hurt the team.

That being said, I have no interest in him, don’t really like his game, and he’s not good enough to “want to be the best player on his team”. If he thinks he is, I have even less interest in him.

The only reason I put any validity in this rumor is because if the Sixers are going to make a move that doesn’t bring in draft picks, Waiters is the type of guy they would bring in (young, lots of upside, doesn’t make them much better right now though), as opposed to Asik, which would make no sense. Maybe putting him on the Sixers, as one of the best players, under a coach that has total authority, would be the best thing for him. I wouldn’t want to take that bet.

But worst case scenario you are worse this year (good thing), bury him on the bench next year, and let him walk when his contract is up if you can’t dump him somewhere else. I wouldn’t be heartbroken if this went down. But I’d rather a pick for Turner/Hawes/Young

Waiters has progressed quite a bit, he went from being a Iso player, and this year he’s progressed on his jumper and moving without the ball his passing has also gotten better you can still tell he feels it’s his team though at times or that it should be

No reason for Philly to do anything right now, the trade deadline is not until February 20th! Attrition will take it’s toll and guys will get hurt meaning more teams will be wanting to make a trade. The sixers will be in position to get a nice haul for turner/hawes/thad and probably better than dion waiters.

If you can’t get a 1st for Turner (and they would know by now if they could), then do this deal. He’s young and the money is right. You could always flip him next year for something else, especially if he plays well.